 Collectors' List No. 108 • 2004Ice & Snow: Antarctica and Mt Everest |
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51 A midsummer's sunset... ...photographed in February 1915, 1915. Silver gelatin photograph; 6.7 x 7.6cm. This is a contact print showing the Endurance locked in ice. Illustrated with caption in South with Endurance: Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition 1914-1917, The Photographs of Frank Hurley, Victoria, 2001, p. 264. |
$3,300 |
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52 The ship heeled over... ...on her port side, 1915. Silver gelatin photograph; 6.6 x 7.5cm. This is a contact print. Illustrated with caption in South with Endurance: Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition 1914-1917, The Photographs of Frank Hurley, Victoria, 2001, p. 159. |
$3,300 |
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53 A cystal canoe 1917. Silver gelatin photograph; 22.9 x 35.3cm. Minor scratches to surface, chipped edges. Taken during the Shackleton expedition. Illustrated with caption in D.P. Millar, From Snowdrift to Shellfire, Sydney, 1984, p. 43. Provenance: from Hurley descendant. |
$5,900 |
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54 Scene at Macquarie
Island [sea elephants on ice], c1930. Silver gelatin photograph; International Newsreel N.Y. stamp and label verso; 18 x 23cm. Surface dirt to margins, minor rubbing to left margin. Press print from the 1929-31 Mawson-Banzare expedition. Original press label reads: Scene at Macquarie Island made by Capt Hurley explorer. A group of sea elephants has invaded a rookery with the harmless intent of falling off to sleep there. The elephants do not attack the penguins ashore, in fact, the reverse is the case. When at sea however, the sea elephant looks upon the penguin as legitimate prey. Photo made by Capt Frank Hurley, noted explorer and photographer. |
$1,200 |
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55 Scene at Macquarie
Island Monster sea elephant, c1930. Silver gelatin photograph; International Newsreel N.Y. stamp and label verso; 7.8 x 22.8cm. Surface dirt to margins, minor rubbing to left margin. Press print from the 1929-31 Mawson-Banzare expedition. Original press label reads: Scene at Macquarie Island made by Capt Hurley explorer. A group of sea elephants has invaded a rookery with the harmless intent of falling off to sleep there. The elephants do not attack the penguins ashore, in fact, the reverse is the case. When at sea however, the sea elephant looks upon the penguin as legitimate prey. Photo shows a monster sea elephant. |
$1,200 |
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56 Woners of the Antarctic Boy or girl? Twin Gentoo penquin chicks …, c1930. Silver gelatin photograph; Central Press London stamp and label verso; 19 x 24cm. Minor stains to margins. Press print from the 1929-31 Mawson-Banzare expedition. Original press label reads: Wonders of the Antarctic. This is one of a series of official photographs obtained during the Mawson expedition to the Antarctic in the "Discovery", which has returned to Australia to refit for another venture. It shows BOY OR GIRL? Twin Gentoo Penguin chicks photographed in the process of pecking their way out of the shell at Heard Island. |
$900 |
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57 Attrib. Frank Hurley A cradle of sea elephant life in the remote Crozet Islands, 1930. Silver gelatin photograph; Central Press London stamp and label verso; 11.4 x 24.3cm. Press print from the 1929-31 Mawson-Banzare expedition. Original press label reads: With the "Discovery" in the Antarctic. (January 1930). A cradle of sea elephants life in the remote Crozet Islands – A panoramic view at beautiful American Bay. Possession Island (Crozet Group). In the background the snow-clad ranges rise to an altitude of 5,000 feet and give birth to the crystal stream which meanders through the picture. During the mating season, the neighbourhood becomes a vast sea elephant nursery. [Includes a copyright line.] |
$660 |
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